Siding-gage.



I J. T. STUBBS.

SIDING GAGE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 8, 19 11.

Patented Dec. 12,1911.

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sInme+eAeE i-Be'it -kn'own that 1, JAMES T. STUBBs, a cit zen" of the United States, residing at' Springfield, in thecounty of Sangamon and stateof fllli'nois, have invented a new and usefulfSiding-Gag e, of which the follow-' ingissucha full, clear, and exact descrip t1on'aswill'enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use my invention. p

This invention relates to gages such as are used by carpenters for scribing and spaclng weather-boarding, or flooring, or

The invention is illustratedlin the annexed drawing to which reference is hereby made and in which similar reference characters designate like parts in the several vlews.

Figure 1 is an isometric view of the siding-gage; Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sec-. tion on'the line 22 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3

. is an enlarged vertical section on the line 3-'3 of Fig. 1..

i the novel features thereof will be recited in the appended claims.

The invention will now be described and The base 1 is'a steel plate of suitable dimensions, formed as shown and described.

Integral with the horizontal base 1 is a vertical member 2 extending lengthwise of the --base. ..and having a lengthwise slot 3 whichaccommodates the block 4 adapted to slide .49 infithe slot. Pressed from the metal of the .3

base 1 are two downwardlyei'rtending mem- I bers 8 at right angles to the base.

Two members 8 are provided to admit of right-hand use or left-hand use as may be most convenient in practice. {10

- .weather-board which is to be scribed, serve The members 8', \which contact with the edge of the as hooks to support the board in proper position for scribing and also serve to square thescribing disk 5 relative to the edge of the board.

A screw-threaded bolt 6 extends through the block 4 and a knurled nut 14 screws onto a the bolt and serves as a handle for sliding the block 4 lengthwise of the'member 2. A

disk -5 preferably somewhat concaved as shown, has a sharp circular. edge, and is mounted to turn on the bolt 6.

handle 7 preferably of wood is secured centrally on the upper surface of thebase 1.

'The handle 7 serves for convenient manipulation of the tool.

. I Specification of Iietters Patent;

13 in which the square parts 12 of the bolts 12, fit so that'when the partsare tightly screwed up the square parts 12 will keep the spacers at right-angles to the edge of the q p H Patent-ed Dec. hpplication filed July 8, 1911." Seria1No.63 7,534." The base 1 has a pair of lengthwise slots 10 in line with each other and parallel toone edge of the base.

base and will prevent turning of the spacers.

Knurled nuts 15 fit on the screw-threaded parts 12 and serve to clamp-the spacers 13 firmly against the basel. When the spacers are not in use the nuts 15 may be loosened to occupy the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and the nuts 15 may then be tightened to hold the spacers in their changed position.

One edge of the base is provided with graduations 16,-which serve as guides in setting the spacers. The graduations on edge oft-he base may be used the same as an ordinary rule in taking measurements.

The tool-may be used as a try-square, to square the ends of boards, by placing one offthe members 8 against the edge of the board and scribing along the graduated edge of the base, or by placing one of the members 8 against the edge of the board and using the scriber 5 as already described.

In practical use the tool will be placed with one of the members 8 in contact with one edge of the board which is to be marked. The handle 14 will then be used to cause the disk 5 to travel across and scribe the board at rightangles. to the member 8. If the tool is used for putting onweather-boarding the member 8 will be used as a hook to support the weather-board, and the member 2 of the base 1 will occupy a position adjacent to the casing, or corner board, as the case may be, so that the length of the board'maybe easily and accurately determined. To use the tool for spacing, the spacers 13 Wlll be set at the desireddistance apart with the ends of the spacers. projecting beyond the edge of the base, and when the spacers are "securedin proper position the spaces will be stepped off the same as is usually done with dividers.

When the spacers are not in use they will be secured in the position indicated by dotted lines, and when in that position there will be no danger of the spacers injuring the user or the work, or catching on the clothing.

Having fully described my invention what Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In an instrument of the class described; a sheet-metal base comprising in one structure a flat plate, right and left hooks pressed from the metal and projecting at right angles to the plane of the upper surface of the plate and a scriber-supporting member at right angles to the plane of the upper surface of the plate and having a slot lengthwise of said member; in combination with a handle on the plate; a'block adapted to slide in the slot in the scriber-support-ing member; a sharpeneddisk mounted to rotate on the block, and a handle adapted to slide the block in the slot in the scriber supporting member.

2. In an instrument of the class described; a sheet-metal base comprising in one structure a flat plate having spacer-slots adapted to accommodate slidable spacers,- rightand left hooks pressed from the metal and projecting at right angles to the plane of the upper surface of the plate and a scribersupport-ing member at right angles to the plane of the upper surface of the plate and having a slotlengthwise of said member; in combination with a handle on the plate, a block adapted to slide in the slot in the scriber-supportin'g member, a sharpened disk mounted to rotate on the block, a handle adapted to slide the block in the slot in the scriber supporting member and spacers mounted to slide in the spacer slots in the plate.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name at Springfield, Illinois this 3d day of July 1911.

JAMES T. SYIUBBS.

Witnesses:

M. EVELYN THAIN, ROY G. TROXELL. 

